Putting Documents as Sources in FamilySearch Family Tree

Family Tree Training

Guide to Putting Documents in FamilySearch Family Tree as Sources. This Help handout contains written Steps and Images that show how to add both online and unpublished documents.

There are many instances where it is desirable to enter a document as a Source in an individual's Details page in Family Tree.  This is particularly true when the document establishes/verifies the name, date and place of a person's vital event (i.e. birth register/certificate, marriage record, etc.). 

While documents found in the Family Search digital databases can be easily attached as a Source to a person, using the Source Linker, (see Wiki page Attaching FamilySearch (FS) Records to Family Tree Using the Source Linker)often documents are found on other websites (free or subscription) or in the  possession of a family member or other individual.  Records found in these other places ought to be added to Family Tree using a different series of STEPS that are found on the above mentioned handout.

STEPS Handout with Pictures

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How to Use of Attaching Documents as Sources Handout

This Help Guide/Handout can be used by a single individual, in a one-on-one mentoring session or in a class setting. It is designed to provide hands-on practice in performing the titled task by following written STEPS with associated PICTURES.

Other FT Entry/Intermediate Task Handouts (STEPS with Pictures)

1. Putting Photos and Documents as Memories in FamilySearch Family Tree
2. Attaching FamilySearch (FS) Records to Family Tree Using the Source Linker